In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017. Weather Elvis is alive and well and in Porthcawl 26 September 2017 At the weekend I was in Porthcawl in Wales at an Elvis festival. Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula. In the Spotlight The jet stream: chicken or egg? 19 June 2017 Does the position of the warm and cold upper air masses determine the route of the jet stream, or does the jet stream determine the position of the cold and warm upper air masses? Which is the chicken and which the egg? Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was. In the Spotlight Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph 11 November 2016 New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system Climate Record number of states expected to sign Paris climate deal 22 April 2016 Climate Largest ever spike in CO2 emissions 16 March 2016 Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations grew at their fastest level in 2015, increasing by 3.05 parts per million (ppm) compared with the previous year. Weather Nacreous clouds 03 February 2016 Several rare sightings of nacreous clouds have been reported over the last few days, delighting cloudspotters, with photographs of the clouds coming from England and Scotland.
In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017.
Weather Elvis is alive and well and in Porthcawl 26 September 2017 At the weekend I was in Porthcawl in Wales at an Elvis festival.
Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula.
In the Spotlight The jet stream: chicken or egg? 19 June 2017 Does the position of the warm and cold upper air masses determine the route of the jet stream, or does the jet stream determine the position of the cold and warm upper air masses? Which is the chicken and which the egg?
Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.
In the Spotlight Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph 11 November 2016 New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system
Climate Largest ever spike in CO2 emissions 16 March 2016 Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations grew at their fastest level in 2015, increasing by 3.05 parts per million (ppm) compared with the previous year.
Weather Nacreous clouds 03 February 2016 Several rare sightings of nacreous clouds have been reported over the last few days, delighting cloudspotters, with photographs of the clouds coming from England and Scotland.